Test 3 · ★★★ · Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clove…

What would happen to early spring bees if every dandelion were sprayed?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, spray · To what, where: dandelion

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 340 «Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clover and plantain» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 bees	case
5	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bees	amod
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bees	compound
7	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 sprayed	mark
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 dandelion	det
10	dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sprayed	nsubj:pass
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sprayed	aux:pass
12	sprayed	spray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to early spring bees	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spray a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		every dandelion					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

They would lose one of their first foods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lose	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lose	aux
3	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 lose	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 foods	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 foods	nmod:poss
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 foods	amod
8	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	would	They	one of their first foods					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality

Option 2

Nothing, bees never visit dandelions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 visit	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 visit	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 visit	advmod
5	visit	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	dandelions	dandelion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 visit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not visit	present	bees	dandelions					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dandelion=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They would get more food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	They	more food					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus

Option 4

They would eat the grass instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eat	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 eat	aux
3	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grass	det
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 eat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	would	They	the grass				instead property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient

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